“”You’re too deep in, you can’t get out
You’re just a poor girl in a rich man’s house…”
~ The Rolling Stones.
May & June 1995.
Rajani suffers a seizure in the kitchen. Fortunately, Samina is home with no new projects on the horizon and rushes her to the hospital. To their horror, she is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor requiring immediate surgery and recommend Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. With no time to lose, they fly to NYC and admit Rajani into the hospital while Samina stays in a nearby hotel. Ronit flies to NYC the next day and checks into the same hotel as Samina, though in a different room. He accompanies her to the hospital and meets Rajani before her surgery, who begs them both to make sure doctors operate in the right place.
Michael finishes his first semester at Saint Louis University and works at the church’s after school program, often riding with “KK” to bring the children home. Life inside the rectory of St. Teresa of Avila, however, is challenging since Father Jim and Father Tom openly make life difficult for Michael.
After surgery, Samina and Ronit are horrified to learn that the doctor performing the surgery operated in the wrong place, removing a lot of healthy tissue as he searched for the tumor. Once Rajani’s condition stabilizes, they transfer her to Cornell Medical Center in order to have the tumor successfully removed. Prior to her surgery, Ronit consoles a distraught Samina in her hotel room leading to a night of passion.
